Weather Records on 9 October 1954

341 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1954. Highest significance: Sankarankoil, IN.

Key Facts for 9 October 1954

On 9 October 1954, 341 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 332 daily.
Sankarankoil set a daily record precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 9 October 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

341 stations

341 station records on 9 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narada Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Engle	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Bend(Wissel Rode)	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

341 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 9 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

251 broken records

Margins by which the 251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1954

Top 20 records on 9 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1954	Sankarankoil, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1954	Badplaas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1954	Fort Dearborn, US	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1954	Boreli, IN	monthly rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1954	Narada Downs, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1954	Balipara(Addibar) Sr, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1954	Tacambaro, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1954	Villa Nora (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1954	Carpentaria Downs Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Sutherland, ZA	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Hvar, HR	daily low max	13.5 C (56.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Los Lunas, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Lowan Hills, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Haidargarh, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Woorarra, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1954	Farmington, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 341 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	214
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1